Strap.



' No. 807,426. PATENIED DEC. 12, 1905.

J. FISHER.

STRAP.

APPLICATION PILED'MAY 31, 1904.

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fi kn f ififi e7 JOHN FISHER, OF ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA.

STRAP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 12, 1905.

Application filed May 31, 1904. Serial No. 210,372.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN FISHER, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of St. Paul, in the county of Ramsey and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Straps, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in straps, and has for its object to provide a strap made of leather or other suitable material, which is ornamented for use with harness and the various purposes for which straps are ordinarily used and the parts of which are protected to reduce wear and abrasion and lessen the danger of becoming soiled.

To these ends my invention consists of a strap having openings surrounded by pro-,

tecting-bands, said openings only passing part way through the strap and a thin surfacing of celluloid or other suitable material in each of said openings, which contrasts in color or finish, or both, with said bands and the body of the strap.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a brow-strap to which my invention is shown applied. Fig. 2 is a crosssectional view of Fig. 1, taken on the line X X and Fig. 3 is a detail longitudinal section of Fig. 1.

In the drawings, let A represent the browstrap, having the loops 2 and 3 on either end thereof, which are formed by reversing the ends of the back B. The strap is made of two plies of leatherthe front and back plies C and Bwhich are sewed together at 4 along their edges. The stitching also passes through the ends of the loops. Rivets 5 are passed through the front and back and ends of the loops to supplement the fastening of the parts together. The front has arranged therein a series of circular openings 6, each of which is surrounded by a metallic band 7. A thin strip of celluloid 8 or other suitable material b etween the front and back and the bands 7 are fastened through the perforations in the front before the front and back are stitched. This thin surfacing of celluloid appears in the openings in the bands. The surfacing, bands, and body of the strap are made of a color and finish contrasting from each other to produce a neat andattractive appearance. The bands are fastened through the perforations by means of machinery in the ordinary manner. The purpose of the bands is to protect the edges of the perforations and of the surfacing within against wear and abrasion and from becoming soiled, and to augment this protection the bands are raised from the surface of the strap, as shown.

By using a single strip between the front and back for all of the bands the construction is simplified and the operation of manufacturing is quicker than if a number of pieces of celluloid or other material are used.

It is obvious that each opening in the front and each band surrounding said opening may be made of any suitable shape and that the materials of which the parts are made may be varied without departing from the spirit of this invention, and I do not wish to confine myself to the specific construction specified.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to protect by Letters Patent, is-

1. A device of the class set forth, consisting of a strap having front and back plies, one of said plies having a perforation, a band surrounding said perforation, a backing between the unperforated ply and said band, and means for fastening said plies together.

2. A device of the class set forth, consisting of a pair of overlying straps, one of said straps being perforated, means for fastening said straps together, a band surrounding said perforation, and a backing of celluloid between the unperforated strap and said band.

3. A device of the class set forth, consisting of a pair of perforated and unperforated straps overlying each other, means for fastening said straps together, bands surrounding said perforations, and a strip of celluloid between said bands and the unperforated strap.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOI-IN FISHER.

Witnesses:

E. M. BOESEL, F. G. BRADBURY. 

